Gloucestershire v Kent Post Match
12.05.26, 19:52 Updated 12.05.26, 19:52
Dan Whiting
Kent won the toss on the first morning and inserted Gloucestershire on a pitch that promised assistance for the bowlers and in conditions conducive for seam bowling. Gloucestershire set about their task, and must have been pleased going to at 96-1, for only the loss of Cameron Bancroft edging to Crawley off the bowling of James Taylor, for 12.
On the first afternoon, both Charlesworth and Price continued to bat well and notched up fifties. They’d added 117 for the 2nd wicket when Ollie Price edged Taylor to 3rd slip, and Keith Dudgeon completed a fine catch.
In a game of such ebb and flow, whenever one team looked like getting on top, the opposition would roar back to restore parity. Charlesworth and Hammond looked like they were becoming comfortable with the match situation when Keith Dudgeon trapped Hammond LBW for just 12. With the very next delivery, Joey Evison then clean bowled Ben Charlesworth, who up till then had looked relatively unruffled in his impressive knock of 85. Suddenly, 172-4 looked and felt a lot less comfortable.
James Bracey and Tommy Boorman entered the arena and set about compiling a very tidy hundred partnership. 287-4 seemed like a just reward for a largely impressive batting display so far. And then Kent came back into the game. Six Gloucestershire wickets fell for 38 runs on that first evening. But as the close of play arrived, the feeling among the fans that 325 on a pitch doing plenty, was a pretty good effort.
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